A deal on whisky tariffs with the US will “absolutely not” be derailed by the ongoing chaos in Downing Street, a senior UK minister has said.

The Scottish Government is pushing for the sector to be exempted from tariffs levied by the Trump administration, with First Minister John Swinney flying to Washington DC to meet with the US president last week in the hopes of securing the deal.

But the First Minister said on Tuesday he was concerned the ongoing issues facing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer - including the resignation of his deputy prime minister and the sacking of US ambassador Peter Mandelson over his links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein - could sink the deal.

But the assertion was shot down by Technology Secretary Liz Kendall on Wednesday, who told BBC Radio Scotland i

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